Benjamin David Sherrill was born in North Carolina to Ben Sherrill, a businessman and Alice Bost, a school teacher. Sherrill's father was of English/German descent and his mother is of German/Dutch lineage. He has a younger sister who works for sports, fashion and media giant, IMG World and a younger brother who lives and works in Washington, DC for Homeland Security.
Sherrill originally attended Colorado State University as a Wildlife Biology Major but changed course after his sophomore year to become a Theater Major.
"Dave" as he is know to family and friends performed in numerous plays at CSU until he was encouraged by his theater professor to attend New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
While at NYU and working as an intern at Warner Television, Atlantic Records and MTV, Dave landed a small but recurring role in the ABC daytime drama, "All My Children".
After spending a year on and off the popular soap opera, he decided to complete his training at UCLA's School of Theater, Film & Television.
Upon completing his studies at UCLA 1985 and many auditions later... Dave landed the role that would begin his professional career when he was cast as Skank, a twitchy, mohawked, punk-rock, gang member in the 1986 cult film, "The Wraith," along side Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Randy Quaid, Sherilyn Fenn and Clint Howard.
Sherrill's career soon began to pick up speed as he followed with his next role opposite Keanu Reeves in Thom Eberhardt's "The Night Before".
Next, Dave traveled to the Israeli desert to appear in Columbia Pictures',"The Beast Of War" with Jason Patric and Steven Bauer.
In the late 1980's, Dave appeared in several network television shows which included "21 Jump Street" and "China Beach".
He also received critical notice from Henry Sheehan in the January 3, 1989 issue of Hollywood Reporter for his work in the CBS Movie of the Week, "Terror On Highway 91," opposite Rick Schroeder and Lara Flynn Boyle. Wrote Sheehan, "The most striking performance comes from sneering, sniveling David Sherrill as the sheriff's crooked son."
Soon thereafter, Dave would go on to realize his childhood dream when he was cast in the role of Max in Warner Bros.', "The Rookie," opposite his childhood hero, Clint Eastwood who was also the film's director.
Sherrill's next television appearance was in 1992 in the recurring role of homeless Gulf War veteran, Sgt. Jack Canner, in the popular FOX television series, "Beverly Hills, 90210".
His following film role would be as the upwardly mobile, yuppie son of Gena Rowlands in "Unhook The Stars" which was written and directed by Nick Cassavetes.
Next, Dave starred along side Charlie Sheen and Christopher McDonald in the independent feature film, "Five Aces" which garnered The Spirit of Independent Film Award at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Dave would later return to North Carolina to portray NASCAR legend and Charlotte Motor Speedway president, H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler in the ESPN/Disney television movie, "3: The Dale Earnhardt Story" opposite Barry Pepper.
Soon thereafter, he was cast in popular television series such as "One Tree Hill","Surface" and "Army Wives".
He soon followed with appearances in several independent feature films that included, "Insignificant Others", "House Of Fallen" and "The 27 Club" for director, Erica Dunton which received recognition at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
Most recently, Dave has appeared on television in AMC's new series, "Halt & Catch Fire" and will return to the big screen in 2015 in the independent feature film, "Careful What You Wish For" as Brian Martin, the father of musician-turned-actor, Nick Jonas.
Dave is married and resides with his wife Paige, their cat Sammy and white German Shepherd Zuma.
